41.   Although he spent most of his career at the Abbey and Gate theaters here, his reputation grew in England and the United States in the last decade.

42.   Although our relations with that country have improved in the last decade or so, an atmosphere of distrust persists mainly due to the unresolved border problem.

43.   Although overall crime has risen only slightly in the last decade in Western Europe, criminals have become more aggressive.

44.   Although Korea has suffered an inferiority complex toward Japan for centuries, the last decade has seen a dramatic reversal of roles.

45.   Although she trained in Italy, Ms. Cheung gradually moved in the last decade or so from a distinctly Western style in her paintings to more discernibly Chinese overtones.

46.   Although the gains of the last few decades are unusual, he said, they are exactly what should be expected in a noninflationary economy.

47.   American optimists also say that environmental regulators inside Brazil have finally started to legislate against the type of large-scale land clearing that was common in the last decade.

48.   American military officials have said that the importance of the military bases in Japan has increased in the last decade with the closing of bases in the Philippines.

49.   An alternative was perhaps inevitable, for Russian health care has collapsed in the last decade, along with Russian health.

50.   An incredible profusion of unfamiliar repertory has emerged on CDs in the last decade.